We're sad to inform you that Kato Masao, 9p passed away today
after having spent three weeks in the hospital due to an
operation for a brain tumor.
Kato was known as "the killer" in his early years, due to his
hunger and ability to kill the opponents' groups. Later he became
known as the 0.5-point endgame winner. Recently, Kato
has been director of the Nihon Ki-in, one of the Japanese Go
Organisations for professionals.
The last game played was for the 31st Tengen tournament, it
features once again Kato "the killer".
Kato Masao sensei died at the age of 57.

12-30

I am very sad to learn that my friend and colleague Micha Leuw
drowned the 19th of December during his holidays in Thailand.
Micha was an extremely unique personality with an enormous inner
drive for all things which interested him.
He was a tremendously strong chess player and since a few years
an avid Go player, progressing to 1k in no time at all.
He regularly played pair-Go with Guo Juan.
Micha was just 36 years old.

The European Toyota-PandaNet tour visits London, England.
Coverage of the 1st round starts the 28th, 14:30 GMT,
of which two games will be covered live on IGS.
Trail user London1TPT and London2TPT to watch the games.

12-28

The European Toyota-PandaNet tour visits London, England.
The planned live coverage of the event on IGS experiences
some obstruction due to a global network failure of the
London network provider. We will keep you posted.

12-23

The European Toyota-PandaNet tour will visit London, England in
the period between x-mas and new year (28-31 dec).
The games will be covered live on IGS.

The final of the 9th Samsung Cup featuring Wang Xi [cn]
and Lee SeDol [kr] has taken off with the latter taking
the first game.

12-06

The European Toyota-PandaNet tour visits Tampere, Finland.
Diana Köszegi [hu] beats Kare Jantunen [fi] in the 6th and final
round and the tournament with the perfect score of 6-0.
The games were covered live on IGS.

12-06

Lee ChangHo [kr] takes the lead in the challenger final of the 48th
Guksu title against Yoo ChangHyuk [kr].

12-05

The European Toyota-PandaNet tour visits Tampere, Finland this weekend.
Please enjoy the games live on IGS.
News update: Diana Köszegi [hu] beats Matti Siivola [fi] in the 4th round.
Next round: 15:30 GMT, trail user 'tampere' or 'tampere2' on IGS to watch it.

12-05

The European Toyota-PandaNet tour visits Tampere, Finland this weekend.
Please enjoy the games live on IGS.
News update: Matti Siivola [fi] beats Lauri Paatero [fi] in the 3rd round.
Next round: 12:00 GMT, trail user 'tampere' or 'tampere2' on IGS to watch it.

12-05

The European Toyota-PandaNet tour visits Tampere, Finland this weekend.
Please enjoy the games live on IGS.
News update: Diana Köszegi [hu] beats Lauri Paatero [fi] in the 5th round.
Next round: 6th of december, 08:00 GMT, trail user 'tampere' or 'tampere2' on IGS to watch it.

12-04

Eight pairs proceed to the quarter-finals of the 11th professional
Pair-Go tournament, 4 pairs had to qualify through some exciting 9x9
qualifying games.